LIMBAUGH, SANTORUM & PUTIN-WHO IS THE JERK & WHO IS THE IDIOT? PLUS LOVELY SCENES

RUSH IS THE JERK 

     Advertisers continue to bail out on the gas bag. At his

best Limbaugh was a mildly amusing talker who knew a little

about marketing from his days as a pr flack and baseball pimp.  That he went from a goof ball to a political force is

merely a testament to how low brow American politics has

descended.  But this latest episode of his verbal assault on a woman has caused many to begin to smell the coffee. Why 

anyone took his views as serious is mystifying, maybe now

some of those followers will see him for what he really is.

He is only a performer, a phony, playing to a crowd. He is 

just a talker.

     What he said was wrong by any definition.  He will probably survive this meltdown, but the trash heap of over stuffed egos would be too good a place for the jerk.  He's mean, devious, laughing all the way to the bank and should be water boarded  until Dick Cheney runs to his rescue. That is run, physically, in person.

RICK SANTORUM MUST BE STUPID TOO

     This doofus is the worst thing for Republicans since

since mold on bread.  In this democratic republic even extremists or idiots are entitled to their view, but no one should draw political boundaries or build a following based on the assumption their theology is better than anyone else's. That's the province of the wacko brand of Islamic fundamentalist Imams who train young boys to be bombers.  Santorum is actually dangerous.  His brand Catholicism embarrasses many Roman Catholics and diverges from the church's larger view.

      Why moderate, centrist, intelligent Republicans have not spoken out against him defies explanation. Even the religious right should sanction this fool.

NOW LETS SEE HOW THE STRONG MAN WILL PLAY IT. 

VLADIMIR THAT IS

     Putin, who is light years more intelligent and enlightened than either of the cretins referred to above, now faces a tough spot.  Elected to a 6 year term, to his old post as President of Russia, he will have to confront the rapidly growing opposition movement.  The anti Putin demonstrations were the most significant public outpouring of that kind in decades in Russia.  

     Putin was an unlikely candidate to begin with. Before his earlier rise to political influence he had been one of those gray, faceless, technocrats in the old KGB.  Putin is smart,

has demonstrated he knows how to wield power and he is tough.  But this challenge is something new. Will he result to old Soviet ways of dealing with the growing opposition movement, or will he pushed to find a more rational way? Regardless, it appears he's going to have some homegrown issues to occupy his new Presidency.

DAY BOOK

CALIFORNIA SPRING, GREEN & MORRO ROCK

     An almond tree in March bloom at the Pipestone Vineyard.

     In the distant horizon, the famed Morro Rock. Shot from
Highway 46, Green Valley Road, earning its name.

      Look at the difference of a couple of hours in the frame 
above and below.

   Shadows play nicely on the undulations of the Santa Lucia highlands.

    One more frame of almond blooms.

THE WEEKENDER :) OF FREUD, JUNG & COHEN

AT BEST ECLECTIC

REEL THOUGHTS

A DANGEROUS METHOD

     It's a David Cronenberg directed film and that says a lot.  Christopher Hampton did the screen play and that says more.

It is a brilliant script.  Intelligent, significant conversation and dialogue throughout.  The story line traces the relationship and separation of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, so by nature the plot line is intricate, nuanced and measured against reality.  

       Michael Fassbender as Jung, Viggo Mortensen as Freud and Kiera Knightly as Sabina Spielrein are superb, though Knightly is more than that.  She plays a woman in the throes of madness and does so vividly.  But her character comes under treatment of Jung and subsequently has a relationship with him and is healed.  She goes on to become a psychoanalyst of her own renown. 

       It is a lush period piece, beautifully shot and designed, and provides a glimpse into the nature of Freudian and Jungian schools of thought about mental illness and treatment. 

       I don't mean to be snobby, but this is clearly a thinking person's film, although entertaining as well as illuminating. 

SOMETHING ELSE FOR WEEKEND

 DEEP THINKING AND CONTEMPLATION

TWO VERSIONS OF LEONARD COHEN'S HALLELUJAH

#1

AND NOW ANOTHER VERSION

#2

Do you have a favorite?

Why the different interpretations?

DAY BOOK

The scenes of Yellow

 Oxalis and mustard have begun to spread over the 

Central Coast.

 Spring is here in California.

And the Friday Lunch Flash Mob continues to "enrich"

the weekly scene at San Simeon.

 Other than announcement signs

we've added a large umbrella.

Enjoy the weekend.

See you down the trail.